Aliens: Colonial Marines given release date

Gearbox software CEO Randy Pitchford announced on the company’s website today that Aliens: Colonial Marines, which had been slated for a Autumn 2012 release, will now be expected in the first quarter of 2013. Private Hudsons of the world, commence whining.

We’ve always prioritized the goals we had for the game over any particular launch window. The game’s development has been invigorating and natural relative to our experience making games and the objectives for it. Because the game was “announced” with that original press release, it might feel, to those of you who have been waiting for the game since then, that it has been in development a long time. In fact, with the release date now set, it turns out that the total development time we have spent creating Aliens: Colonial Marines is about the same length of time as we had spent creating the original Borderlands or the original Brothers in Arms – both games that we had waited to announce until we were much farther along in the development process.

If you have had that feeling that you’ve been waiting a long time, then today should be a good day for you! We have an official, solid launch date for the game! We’re now at a point in development when we can see the end – we know what’s left to do and can sufficiently quantify it to be very confident in the schedule for the game’s completion and commercial release!

Along with that pep talk, we also got a treat in the form of more gameplay video!